Contents
DECLARATION I
CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL I
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT III
ABSTRACT I
INDEX OF CONTENT V
INDEX OF TABLE VII
INDEX OF FIGURE VIII
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS IX
1. INTRODUCTION 1
1.01 NEED FOR THE STUDY 1
1.02 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY 2
1.03 SCOPE OF RESEARCH WORK 2
1.04 STUDY TIMELINE 2
1.05 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 3
1.06 LIMITATIONS IN THE RESEARCH WORK 3
1.07 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3
2. LITERATURE STUDY 5
2.01 OVERVIEW 5
2.02 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE 5
2.03 CLASSIFICATION OF DRONES 5
CLASSIFICATION BASED ON SIZE OF DRONE 6
2.04 USE OF UAV TECHNOLOGY AROUND THE WORLD 7
2.05 UAV TECHNOLOGY ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE 7
FEASIBILITY PHASE 8
PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE 8
EXECUTION PHASE 8
CLOSE-OUT PHASE 8
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE PHASE 9
2.06 TYPES OF DRONE SURVEYS 9
PHOTOGRAMMETRY 9
LIDAR 10
2.07 OUTPUTS OF DRONE SURVEY 10
ORTHOPHOTO 11
DIGITAL SURFACE MODEL 11
DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL 12
3D MODEL 12
THERMAL MAPS/ IMAGES 12
3. DATA COLLECTION 13
3.01 OVERVIEW 13
3.02 DATA COLLECTION 13
3.03 CASE STUDIES 14 CASE STUDY 1 14
CASE STUDY 2 19
CASE STUDY 3 23
CASE STUDY 4 24
3.04 DATA STATISTICS FROM THE OPINION SURVEY 25
TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS 25
TYPE OF DRONE 25
SURVEY AREA 26
TYPE OF OUTPUT 26
TYPE OF SENSOR 27
DATA STATISTICS FOR THE USE OF OUTPUT FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS BY THE USERS 27
3.05 CONSULTANCY COST FOR DRONE TECHNOLOGY 28
4. DATA ANALYSIS 29
4.01 OVERVIEW 29
4.02 QUALITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT 29
RISK ASSESSMENT FOR CASE STUDY 1 & 2 (TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS) 30
RISK ASSESSMENT FOR CASE STUDY 3 (PROGRESS MONITORING) 31
RISK ASSESSMENT FOR CASE STUDY 4 (DAMAGE INVESTIGATION) 31
COMPARATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT BASED ON CASE STUDY 1 & 2 33
COMPARATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT BASED ON CASE STUDY 3 34
COMPARATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT BASED ON CASE STUDY 4 34
FINDINGS FROM THE CASE STUDIES 35
4.03 IMPACT OF DRONE TECHNOLOGY IN CONSTRUCTION 36
PARAMETER 1 – PROJECT TYPE 36
PARAMETER 2 – TYPE OF DRONE 38
PARAMETER 3 – SURVEY AREA USING DRONE 39
PARAMETER 4 – TYPE OF OUTPUT 40
PARAMETER 5 – TYPE OF SENSOR 41
4.04 INFERENCE FROM SURVEY RESPONSES 42
5. CONCLUSION 43
6. REFERENCES 45
APPENDIX 1 – Regulations and Laws in India to Fly Drones 47
APPENDIX 2 – Survey Form 48
APPENDIX 3 – Survey Form Responses 51
APPENDIX 4 – Effectiveness Ratings of Each Respondents in the Survey Form 55
APPENDIX 5A – Effectiveness Ratings VS Parameters 56
APPENDIX 5B – Effectiveness Ratings VS Parameters 57
APPENDIX 6 – Chi-Square Distribution Table 58
APPENDIX 7 – Probability and Impact Matrix (Project Management Institute, 2013) 59